Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Hong Kong of counsel Antony Dapiran has left the firm to write a book about the ongoing anti-government protest in the Asian financial centre.

Dapiran has been closely observing the anti-government protest in Hong Kong since it erupted in June, covering it on Twitter as well as commenting about it on media outlets. He has left Skadden to focus full-time on writing a book about it, titled “City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong.”